Concepts of Video and File/Sharing System Reporters: Ma. Raizza M. Cantara Mary Jane Eule Richard Ravalo Maika Laguartilla

Video Sharing is an IP Multimedia System (IMS) enabled service for mobile networks that allows users engaged in a circuit switch voice call to add a unidirectional video streaming session over the packet network during the voice call. Any of the parties on the voice call can initiate a video streaming session. IP Multimedia System

File Sharing Stands for "Peer to Peer." In a P2P network, the "peers" are computer systems which are connected to each other via the Internet. Files can be shared directly between systems on the network without the need of a central server. In other words, each computer on a P2P network becomes a file server as well as a client.server The only requirements for a computer to join a peer-to-peer network are an Internet connection and P2P software.

Common P2P software programs include: Kazaa Limewire BearShare Morpheus Acquisition BitTorrent uTorrent FrostWire BitComet Ares Galaxy

Is file-sharing illegal? Whether file-sharing is illegal or not depends on exactly what is being shared and under what circumstances. There are certainly legal uses for file-sharing software. For example, some musicians chose to make their music freely available on file-sharing networks to try to generate interest in their music. It is also legal to share works that are in the public domain. public domain However, it is generally illegal to use file-sharing software to trade copyrighted music or other copyrighted works (e.g., movies, software, photographs, etc.) without the copyright owner’s permission. In other words, it is the copyright owner (whether a relatively unknown independent artist or a record company which owns the copyright to a very well known artist’s recordings) who is legally entitled to decide whether to make their works freely available through file- sharing.

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